Item Number: 109066 Title: Working with Limestone : The Science, Technology and Art of Medieval Limsetone Monuments Author: Olson, Vibeke (ed) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780754662464 Description: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011. 24cm., hardcover, 288pp., 135 b&w illus. Contents: Introduction, William W. Clark, Georgia Sommers Wright and Nancy Wu; Part I The Science and Technology of Limestone: Analysis, Geology and Conservation: Medieval limestone by the numbers, Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle with Annie Blanc; Orphan heads: Notre-Dame and Saint-Jacques-aux Pèlerins in Paris and Saint-Pierre at Jumièges, Georgia Sommers Wright with Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle; Limestone, Lincoln cathedral and neutron activation analysis: pushing the methodological envelope, Thomas Russo, Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle; Stone from medieval churches located to the south and east of Paris, Annie Blanc and Jean-Pierre Gély; Building stones at Saint-Denis from its beginnings to the 18th century, Jean-Pierre Gély and Michaël Wyss; Treatment techniques for the conservation of limestone monuments, Jonathan Hoyte. Part II The Technology and Art of Limestone: Industry, Labor and Design: Use and non-use of limestone in Romanesque Burgundy: the example of Autun, Walter Berry; On the road again: limestone sculpture in 12th-century France, Janet Snyder; The whole is the sum of its parts: standardizing medieval limestone production, Vibeke Olsen; Masons and their materials in medieval Ireland, Roger Stalley; Discipline and freedom in the shaping of stone: the interface of architecture, structure and sculpture late in the Middle Ages, Nigel Hiscock. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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